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Happy for the Arrival of Lu Yü

壺蘆居士繙譯

Li Yeh (713-784 A.D.) of the Tang dynasty

Lying Ill above the Lake, Happy for the Arrival of Lu Yü

Parting many wintry moons ago,
You now come in bitter spring mists,
Happening upon me still sick abed:
I yearn to speak, but first my tears fall.
Compelled by Tao Qian’s wine,
I hastily chant a poem by Xie Lingyün.
All of a sudden, I’m perfectly intoxicated…
More than this, is there anything else?